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Original article| Volume 18, ISSUE 3, P165-172, July 1994

Color doppler imaging in the subclavian axillary region and upper extremity

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/0899-7071(94)90076-0
Color doppler imaging in the subclavian axillary region and upper extremity
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      Abstract

      Thirty-three patients were examined by color-coded Doppler ultrasound of the thoracoaxillary region or upper arm to review the utility of the method in this local area. The subclavian artery and vein were identified in all but one patient, in whom the subclavian vein was occluded and collateral vessels had developed. Masses and foreign bodies were easily distinguished from vascular abnormalities. Sonographic cephalic/basilic vein mapping was effective in seven patients. Carotid subclavian grafts were noted and evaluated appropriately in two patients. Color-coded sonography offered advantages in speed of localization of vessels and visual assessment of vessel location, direction of flow, turbulence, relationship to adjacent soft tissues, and detection of collateralization. Foreign body detection was not enhanced by color coding.

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      Publication history

      Accepted: April 17, 1995
      Received in revised form: April 18, 1994
      Received: January 17, 1992

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      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/0899-7071(94)90076-0

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      © 1994 Published by Elsevier Inc.

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